• meep_launcher@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      Hobos do participate in the labor pool. They were migrant workers, and the union they formed was to help fight against anti-homeless/ worker legislation.

      People don’t realize Hobos aren’t 100% synonymous with homeless.

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        1 year ago

        The definition I’ve seen is Hobo: traveling looking for work Tramp: traveling but no interest in work Bum: don’t travel, don’t work

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    1 year ago

    1 of them smells from lack of hygiene and the other masturbates in public spaces. Who is who

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    1 year ago

    There is still an ongoing Hobo Convention that elects a King of the Hobos. I found this out after meeting a past King as he was feeding stray cats in Seattle. Ironically he had worked for the railroad